Greubel Forsey’s new Balancier embodies the Swiss brand’s fundamental principles and crystallises all the unique qualities of the watchmakers with remarkable understatement.

Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have been pushing the limits of fine watchmaking for many years now, tackling the challenges of complexity with bold creations such as the  Double Tourbillon 30°, the Quadruple Tourbillon, the Tourbillon 24 Secondes and the Grande Sonnerie, 

Their latest creation, the Balancier, is a timepiece of great purity, featuring a unique and original balance wheel.

Their creativity is immediately evident in the asymmetry of its case, which has almost become a constant of Greubel Forsey’s universe. 

Every detail of the Balancier carries the unmistakable stamp of a Greubel Forsey timepiece – the watchmaking maison’s values are manifest in the refinement and purity of its lines and dial, the inventive architecture of its balance wheel, the sharp profile of its hands, and the engraving on the reverse of the timepiece. 

The watchmakers’ inventiveness is strongly in evidence in the new balance wheel. It was entirely developed and made at the atelier, with its six gold mean-time screws, and it boasts remarkable aerodynamic qualities. The technical nature of this balance wheel generates exceptional regulating power, a mark of great chronometric stability.

The watch’s outstanding workmanship shines through in the wholly hand-executed barrel-polishing, bevelling and finishing of the balance wheel bridge. Such operations require prodigious expertise and know-how, particularly for the hand decoration of all the parts. 

The hand-countersink and polished centres of the flame-blued steel hands offer another example of mastery in the craft, while the engraved gold plates on the back of the timepiece are also a pure masterpiece of hand-finishing skills.

The Balancier is available in a limited edition of 33 pieces in its white gold version.